It's brace day!

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#1 Post by **furious george** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:36 am

I'm in the waiting room at the ortho. I'm not excited at all, just nervous. I'll report back in a couple of hours!

#2 Post by **purpleandteal** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:17 am

Good Luck!
I was in that position a couple of days ago and i can say, it wasnt as scary as i built it up in my head to be

#3 Post by **kennyandrew85** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:07 am

Hope it went well, everyone I know that's had braces has said it was so much more relaxing than they had thought.

I personally enjoyed the time off work

#4 Post by **nikkibabie19** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:26 am

Good luck..It isnt bad... actually I was more anxious/excited than nervous/worried...

It'll be fine...

#5 Post by **furious george** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:54 am

So I asked what brand and it appears that I have the GAC In Ovation-C self-ligating brackets, and my metals are also self-ligating. No elastics for me.

Here's a pic, they feel enormous. I'm a little bummed, because she said they are switching to American Orthodontics for brackets in a few months...I think those would be Radiance? Those look a lot lower profile, these feel enormous. I can barely close my mouth. I should have asked sooner, quite frankly, I would have considered waiting.

Alas...they are on. Here goes!

#6 Post by **margarets** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:26 am

Woo hoo!

I think you will see movement pretty soon.

#7 Post by **Lillypad** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:42 am

I have had mine on since Monday and the very very very worst part was the acid used to etch my teeth...UGH!! I laid there thinking I paid thousands of dollars so I could puke all over this man? I didn't, but I was never so glad to have something over in my life. And to top it all off I apparently have an exceptionally dry mouth and the thing they use to prop open my mouth stuck and took a chunk outta my cheek before the braces ever went on. I have had them two days and not so sorry I did it at this point. Good Luck to all!

#8 Post by **Angel269** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:44 am

Good luck on starting your journey this week. My journey starts next Friday with just upper ceramics (+ dreaded bite plate too!)

#9 Post by **Jerseygirl** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:48 am

Good luck and congrats - they look great!

#10 Post by **NICURN85** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:58 am

Congrats on starting your journey!!! They look great!! Make sure to keep us posted on your progress.

#11 Post by **AM21** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:08 am

Congrats! Good luck on your journey!!

#12 Post by **AltoRose** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:53 pm

Ah, you have me wishing I'd gotten ceramic uppers. They look really nice!

#13 Post by **furious george** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:32 am

I have a mouth full of wax and ibuprofen in my pocket.

It's the little hooks and crap on the bands that are bothering me the most. The upper outside in my left cheek and the lower right side against my tongue. I'll get through it though.

Since I have build ups, it looks like eating is going to be limited for a while. And I need an electric toothbrush, stat. Other than that, I think I'm in good shape. I should probably start a blog thread from here on out...unless I have specific questions.

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